The Great Lakes are different today than they were in the past, thanks to invasive species, changes in land use and climate change.
Climate Change
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The IJC has completed the first phase of a project to recommend water quality objectives and alert levels for the Rainy-Lake of the Woods water system. If finalized and approved by the Canadian and US governments, these guidelines would help protect water quality and the health of the ecosystem in…
The International Joint Commission has been chaired by Pierre Béland of Canada and Jane Corwin of the United States since May 2019. The two grew up in different areas of the Great Lakes basin and have different histories with the IJC.
IJC Commissioners and staff traveled in October to the last in the series of consultations around the Great Lakes region to assess progress by the Canadian and United States governments to restore and protect the lakes.
We love to talk about weather in the Midwest. At work or the grocery store, small talk almost always begins with “How much snow did you get?” or “What did you think of the wind howling last night?” or, a favorite, “Cold enough for you?”
Lakes Champlain and Memphremagog in the Quebec, Vermont and New York region experience high levels of phosphorus and harmful algal blooms that have negative impacts on surrounding communities and ecosystems.
In its last round of consultations and public meetings to determine progress under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement by Canada and the United States, the IJC heard a consistent message from residents in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Duluth, Minnesota; and Ashland, Wisconsin: Lake Superior is central…